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The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15
LABOR NOTES.

The striking miners Of the Spring field, H., district held mass-meetlng Tuesday and adopted resolutions ordering the men out at Petersburg and Athens until the demands are granted at all the other mines. The walking delegates present declared that if the demands of the miners in this district are not soon conceded they will make the strike general through out the mining districts of the state. few of the operators have already granted the scale price. but the men will not be allowed to return 10 work till the concession is made. There are now nearly 2000 men out. not includ- ing nearly thousand idle at the roll ing mill for lack of coal.
 The strike at the St. Johns at Duquoin, Ill.,, mines terminated Tues day night. The works were put in full operation the drivers receiving raise of wages and the miners receiving the same amount as paid by the other mines on the prairie.
 The miners strike at Springfield, H., continues unchanged, except that the leaders claim the men on the co-opera- tive will go out. A circular has been sent to the operatives in the first and second districts, appealing to them to come to the aid of the strikers, and en- able them to continue till they gain their point. The employers show no signs of yielding. The coal supply l., becoming very short.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15
WASHINGTON.

A statement prepared :t the treasury department shows that during the month of September there was net increase of $32, 350, ,375 in circulation and net increase of S7 ,264, l36 in the cash in the treasury.
 General Sheridan has returned to Washington.
 The coinage executed by the govern ment during Sept mber was as follows: Gold coin, S1,620,537 silver dollars, 5, 100, ,040; fractional silver, Sl0l, ,024.
 The Treasury bond purchases Tues day amounted to $293,750.
 Secretary Whitney left Washington tuesday evening for New York.
 Commissioner Sparks has recom- mended to Secretary Lamar the restora- ton to the public domain of about 500,000 acres of land in Minnesota with in the second indemnity limits of the Northern Pacific railroad.
 The state department has no in . formation of the alleged unwillingness of Sir John Mcdonald to serve on the fishery commission. So far as can be learned it Is the understanding at the department that Chamberlain, Me- Donald and West will serve as tue British representatives.
 Mir. Miller. the commissioner of in. ternal revenue, has been presented with vase Of exquisitely tinted glass, which was manufactured in his state. It is probably two feet high, and is tinted after the peackblow vase. It was presented by some of the West Virginia doctors whe attended the international medical congress.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15
FOREIGN NEWS.

It is stated from London that the sharp lawyers of the Irish National league can find defects in the new crimes law that will enable them to "drive a coach and four" through it.
 James Gorden Bennett commenced the publication of a French edition of the New York Herald at Paris, Mon- day.
 The story of domestic tragedy comes from New South Wales, in which a man murdered his wife and three children during an attack of religious frenzy.
 A valet of the ezar of Russia, in aeking an imperial trunk, discovered & Prussian uniform in the czar's effects. He has been banished to Siberia for starting the report on this basis that the ezar and Emperor William were to meet at Stettln.
 Bismark and Crispi German and Italian premiers. respectively, have held their conference and separated It is believed they have arrived at an understanding embodying policy in- tended to checkmate the power of the czar in European affairs.
 Don Castillo, q Spanish writer and statesman, has contributed a very in- teresting paper on the apparent lethargic attitude of Spain as a European power.
 The Sehnaebeles boy has been sen- teneed to three weeks imprisonment by German court.
 Gen. Boulanger's name and fame are rarely mentioned now in Paris, it Is said.
 The men on trial at Ennis, Ireland, for killing constable Whellehan, have been held without bail.
 The second report of the death of the sultan of Morocco is denied His polsoners were connected with harem plot.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15
\ Freepnrt Nam M.s.Ing.

FREEPoRT, ILL, Oct, 6.-Charles Howlett, prominent builder and con- tractor Of this city, has mysteriously disappeared. He is believed to have left town last Thursday afternoon. No reasons can be offered for his departure as his finances and building operations aie in excellent shape, and his domestic relations have always been supposed to be very pleasant. His friends here now suspect foul play, but there is little reason for their suspicion, as Howlett had little money on his per son and no enemies that any one is aware Of.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15
Murder in Cold Blood

BLAIR, Wis, October l0.-A murder growing out of a quarrel between men who were drinking together, and who at the time were partially drunk, oc- cured at farm house Q short distance from town last evening. The victim was Carl Holte, and the murderer, Gustav Helberg. Both men were in town in the morning, and Helberg, with laborer named John Coffin, had a jug of liquor. Both these men were in toxieated then, but Holte so far as could be seen was sober. There was some spute between He berg and HOlte about an account, and during the afternoon the latter went from his house to Helberg's, which was only at short distance. Helberg claimed that Holte owed him s, and when the latter came to his house he dunned him for it. Hotte claimed the debt was only $l.50, and said he was not prepared to pay it. Just ct that time Helberg ordered him away from the house, but Holte refused to go, and going inside the house sat down on q box near the door. aelberg procured hts gun, and calling the attention or Coffin, who was present, said, ssee me kill my bird" and fired, the charge taking effect in the neck, cutting the main artery. Death ensued very soon, and doctor found twenty shot in the body. Helberg threw hls gun out Of doors and went to bed, where the ssieriff found him. HOlse was peace. able man.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15
unearthed a Skeleton.

BLoouINGToN, IlT~, Oct. 10.-Work- men while digging cellar for A.. Brown. who lives on the Whitecock road. six miles from here, made a ghastly discovery. At depth of about ? feet the workmen came upon human skeleton, carefully covered. When dis tnrbed, the remains erumbled all to pieces. Lying near were pair of shoes badly deoayed and a rusty old fashioned pistol. How the skeleton came to be there is mystery, as well as the ideaily Of the remains. A house had formerly stood on he very spot for years, and which was only recently de- stroyed by fire. There Is deep interest manifested in the matter
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

Or the Empress Eugenie Paris cor. respondent writes: ''She was lately al Amstcrdam. whither she went to con suit noted Dutch physician respecting the rheumatism. from which she Is a constant sufferer. An American lady who saw her tells me she has grown very stout and iniirm, and has lost every sestige of her once dazzling beauty. She is subject to attacks of in. sonnia, during which she will sit ihe whole night through before the portrait of the prince imperial. and these at. tarks usually terminate in fits of weep. sng snd scass hystsgia
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

Nearly 300 striking miners from Hazelton, Pa, have arrived at wilks- barre and in vicinity during the past week, and ninety of them have already obtained work in the mines at Ply- mouth. The resident miners in the valley have expressed an inclination to help them in every way possible. The Knights of Labor in Wilksbarre and neighboring towns are contributing large sums to the general relief fund. and their committees are at work day and night They are meeting with more success than anticipated.
 Mr Blaine is trying to avoid being interviewed by newspaper eorrespon- dents at Paris
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

HUGH WHITFIELD. who died few days ago at Alameda, Cal, at the age of 77 years. erected his own monument some years ago. It is splendid marble shalt. bearing his name and the dates of his birth and death, and this epitaph: ..He travelled over the first railway ever built in England. and crossed. the Atlantic in the first steamship that ever plowed the ocean. He explored many lands. and died in the fullness of the faith Amen"
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

HERR PALIK, well-known Hu nga. rian animal painter. whose portrait" of dogs and horses commanded high prices among the Hungarian aristoc- racy. has suddenly discovered that he is the possessor of an unusually fine tenor voice. and will soon make his debut on the Berlin stage.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

HENRY ARTHUR JONES. of England, who has long been recognized as an earnest worker in the higher ranks of the drama, has arranged to devote a part of the present season to delivering lectures on the English drama and stage in the leading cities of Great Britain. His first lecture will be de- hvered at Bradford. Yorkshire.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

JULES VERNE has just begun an in, teresting and exciting story called the ''Chemin de France" in the Temps, which promises to Do one of his best, and deals with the period of the struggle between France and Germany. with the protectorate of Napoleon. and tue Germanic confederation of 1915.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

MR. BEREsFoRD HOPE has received cordial letter of congratulation on his returning health from the archbishop of Canterbury. the bishops of Carlisle, Litchiield, and SI Albans. Lord Cran- brook. Lord Cross. Lord John Manners, Mir. Goschen. and Mir. W. H. Smith.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

PROF. F. c. PICKERING. director or Harvard observatory, and Mir. w. H. Pickering. his assistant. who has
 charge of the special astrono mical work now in progress in Colorado. ha ye returned from that region. where they have been making investigations pre- liminary to the establishment of a mountain observatory there as an adjunct of the Cambridge institution.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15
Cor. ALFONSO BEATRICE has donated

Co., ALFONSO BEATRICE has donated his valuable collection of manuscripts to the national library of Naples. II contains several hundred letters of celebrated personages, such as Bar tolomeo Borghess. Pietro Giordani Cardinal Pacca, Queen Maria Carolina, Gladstone, Bicasoli, etc.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

THE widow of Ezekiel Webster, an elder brother of Daniel Webster. was born with the century. but she reads all tho current literature. hears we'll, and converses with great intelligence on the current topics of the day.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

TIE king of Sweden will soon make visit to the czar of Russia. It is understood that King Oscar intends to invite the czar and the prince of Wales to grear hunt. which is about to take place in the forests of southern Sweden.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

ABELARDo ZELAvA. the vice presi- dent of the republic of Honduras. is such an ardent admirer of this country that he will visit hereafter every year. He made his first visit to this country two years ago. and recently returned from bis second.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

SIR MoRELL MACKENZIE. the emil nent English surgeon who has been knighted by Queen Victoria. is to re- ceive an important decoration from tho German emperor and the title of Jim. perial court surgeon"
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

SAM JoSEs. the revivalist. has de- sided to make Washington his perma- nent abiding-place.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

ONE of Gen. N B. Forests favorite orders Is said to have been: Forward. boys. and mix with 'em.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

M. Robert FLEURY. the Belgian artist. is S9 years old. but still yields his brushes. and last year exhibited a portrait of his son at the Paris salon.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

HARVARD college has received in gifts during the past five months s3.- coo. 900.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

ACCORDING to The New Tore World, ten. Sheridan "looks younger and happier than he has for some years past
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

VrcSAUx has rheumatism in his arms and is not pla ying billiard-matches nowadays.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

It is said that the duke of Marlbor- ongh has large amount of money in- vested in American securities.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

SALMON sre making their appearance In large numbers up in Oregon.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

PREMIER CgIsrr, of Italy, was q private in Garibaldi's glorious thou saud.''
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

MT. WALLER, United States consul general in London. has postponed his trip home to New London until next month.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

4 SENATOR HEARsr's income is ss0, 900 a month. He is worth S15. 1000. 900
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

THE Volunteer made the run from Boston to New York in torty-five hours.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

BANK WINTERS who wrote White Wings" is said to have made a fortune out of that tiresome song.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

HE candy nlaNars of sau Francisco arc striking for better wages
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

John Ingram, colored, while asleep on portico in the rear of Main street saloon in Little Rock Tuesday night, fell of and broke his neck, dying in- stantly. A coroner's jury rendered verdict in accordance with the above facts.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15

Arrangements were completed Tues day with all the railroads running into Little Rock to issue round trip tickets to that city during the Arkansas ex- position, which opens October 25, at one fare for the round trip. This gives the best chance ever offered to visit Arkansas.
The Forrest City times., 1887-10-15
THE MARKET.
Sr. IouIs.

l. LULlSs BEENES-Shipplng steers..-... 410 Q 45 Stoc6ers and feeders 2G5 "a B. k Cows, bulls and mixed 2l0 Q 9.G
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28
WASHINGTON, FEBRuARY es, 1897,
THE PRESIDENTS WAY.

Our friends at the Capitol should be
fully aware by this time that President
Cleveland is not going to approve any
legislation about the expediency or pro-
priety Of which he Is not entirely salts
fled. Yet they seem TO be proceeding
on the theory just now that he will re-
quire no more time than 1t takes to
write his name to dispose of the six,
eight or ten big appropriation bills that
they may dump In upon him during the
last hours of the session.
They eau rest assured, however, that
Mr.. Cleveland will sign none of these
hills until he has made himself familiar
with their general nature and contents.
Whether he might not safely accept
the action Of Congress as ,lual, and put
his name TO them as Il mere matter Of
form, Is not the question. We all
know that he Is not built ihat way.
He has taken frequent occasion here
tofore to examine closely into the de.
tails of comparatively unimportant
measures and checkmaie their passage.
Is II to be expected of bin that he
will be any the less cautious or pains.
taking in respect to bills of the very
first magnitude, involving many i'm
poriant interests and many millions of
dollarsY
Assuming this to be the case, he must
have aud will demand the necessary
time for this laborious work. 1t is ut
teIly impossible that he should be able
to acquaint himself in few minutes,
or a half hour, with the nature of bills
in the preparation Of which Congress
has found 1t necessary to consume
many long and weary months. The
idea Is preposterous, and the strong
probabilities are that unless the appro.
priation bills are placed In his hands
sufficiently in advance of adjournment
to permit of their careful examination
he will decline to approve them, even
II On extra session of Congress is made
imperative thereby.
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mr.. EnIsoN's Florida villa Is on the banks
Of the Caloosaha,chee River, one mile south
Of Fort Myers.
IT IS estimated that about eight hundred
thousand of the trade dollars arc 10 the
hands Of New York parties, bankers and
others.
THE proposed Union depot at Boston,
for the accommodation OF the four railroads
entering the city on the north, will cost
about *, 5,000, ,0e0.
THERE is some talk Of starting paper
to be called "The Toboggan II ought to
be as easy as sliding do sn hill to start such
psper.-[New York Tribune.
Bishop THEODORE B. LYMAN OF North
Carolina, who has been In Europe since
October last. arrived in Baltimore Satur-
day and will leave on Wednesday for
Raleigh.
BEN: PERLEY PooRE says every President
who called an extra session Of Congress
fsied to secure q denomination. How
about Abraham Lincoln, who called more
than one extra session and was renoml-
mated and re-elected.-[Chicago Herald.
Mrs. JENNIE NJ. CRocKER, who died in
San Francisco last Friday morning, was
the daugbter.in-lay of Charles Crocker, the
Southern Pacific magnate, and the niece OF
Mr.. ID. o. Mills. Her husband was Freder-
lex Crocker, to whom she leaves the care Of
three children.
A PORTION Of Mr.. Calder's equestrian
statue Of General Meade, Weighing about
7,000pounds, was cast at the Henry Bonuard
Bronze Works, In New York, on Saturday.
The statue, when completed, will stand ak
teen feet high, and weigh nearly 10000
pounds. 1t Is designed for Fairmount
Park, Philadelphia.
ACCORDING to statistics compiled by the
New York Graphic, there are Q, 100 licensed
drinking saloons In that city, which, taking
q population Of 400, 900 as the basis, is an
average Of one saloon to every 140 inhabl-
tants. In the First Assembly district, be-
low Canal and Ferry streets to the Battery,
there are 1,072 saloons to a population Of
43,99s, or one to every Al persons.
THE Peabody fund for the benefit Of the
working people Of London, aggregatIng
about 50 500, 600, was the means last year Of
furnishing comfortable shelter to over 3O,-
600 persons. The rents amounted to Sl40,-
| 600, and the original Investment has been
enhanced to four and half millions. The
average rent OF the homes Is 81 20 a week,
including water, bathrooms and lauudrles.
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28
THE GAME OF CHESS.
Twas stlnging. blnstetIng winter weat

Twas singing, clustering winter weather,
How well / recolleot tho night
When Kate and played chess together.
Her beauty In the hearthdro's light
Seemed more Madonna'like and rosy;
The hours were swift, the room was cosy,
The windows frosted, silvery white.
Even now see that grave face resting
Upon the hand, 30 white and small;
] see that mystic grace. suggesting
A painters dream; oft recall
Her glance, now anxious gay, or tender,
The glrlish form, complete yet slender;
In silhouette against the wall.
II was not strange that was mated,
For 1t was my fondly cherished aim.
! longed TO speak, but was fatel,
The rightful opening never came.
pawned my heart for her sweet favor,
With every look some vantage gave her,
And 80, alas / lost the game,
Since then, by fortune, love forsaken,
Through checkered years I've passed and
seen
Ny castles fall, my pawns all taken,
My spotless knights prove traitors mean;
And worn, with many cheek, wander
Like the poor vanqnished king, and ponder
With sadness on my long-lost queen.
-lDayid Skaats Foster.
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28
MIR. CLEYELAND'S VETOES.
How They Worked In the Past and
May Work Again,

May work Again.
Enron Critic: AS there are some quer-
ulous persons who have been disposed to
find fault with the Presidents recent vetoes,
would like to remlud them, as matter of
history, that much OF his substantial aud
well-earned fame as Governor Of New York
rests kpon his bold and summary exercise
OF the veto power, which, however unpop-
ular at the immediate time, redounded to
bis subsequent and lasting credit. have
before me leading Republican newspaper
of the date of April os, 1888, which thus re-
fers to Governor Cleveland editorlally.
If the Governor had been mere partisan
and time server he would have hesitated long
before yenturing ts yefo the bill which low
cred the fare on the elevated railroads Of New
York city TO five cents. II had becn passed
by immense major,ties IN both houses. and
was supposed to mbody the general desire of
the municipality and people Of the metropolis,
hut II was so palpably unjust to the com
panies that Mr.. Cleveland vetoed IL, giving
such good reasons for his action that It was
sustained, and subsequent Investigation has
proved its correctness. Then bill having
Tor Its object the conversion of the fire de-
partment of his own city OF Buffalo into an
exclusively Democratic organization was We
Citations which that act was sure to bring, and
did bring, upon him. A day or two ago he
the first regiment of New York volunteers In
the Mexican, war. This veto was based on the
idea that the principle involved 10 the bill
was dangerous one; that, at all events, very
great llberallty had already been practiced
by the State toward this regiment, and that
Justice should take precedence of generosity.
II tho New York Legislature does not hurry
the session to q close Governor Cleveland Is
popularity will grow to such mn extent as to
endanger the. success OF the Tilden Presl-
Dental campaign.
This was said five years ago. We all
know what's happened since. w.
Washington, Feb. 2S.
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28

ment of the State debt upon the best
terms 1t may be possible to make with
them, and to use al his influence to
have those terms accepted. "By so do
ing" 1t says, "hc will show the De-
mocracy of his State and of the whole
country that he Ia ia favor of the honest
payment of debts and Of the observance
of pecuniary promises, and that ho Is
opposed to efforts Intended to impair
the obligation of contracts and to set at
defiance the decisions of tho highest
court In the land"
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28
AUCTION SALES.
nREAsURY DEPARTMENT..

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
FEBRUARY %, 1887
There will be sold at the auction rooms cor
ner Of Eleventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
DAY, March 2, 1887, q quantity Of secondhand
Carpets, Furniture, Mating, ETC., belonging
TO this Department, and on THURSDAY,
O'Clock m, three Iron Safes. Terms OF sale
To the highest bidder for cash.
CH. FAIRCHILD Acting Secondary
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28

In THE opinion of the New York
World, Mrs. Druse deserved as well at
the hands of the law as Edward Unger;
and Unger, for killing his roommate
and carving up his remains In most
diabolical fashion, got only twenty
years. Governor Hill could have safely
tempered injustice with mercy in the
woman's case.
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28

WE regret to learn of the serious
illness of Consul.General Phelan at
Halifax. lie has proved most ell.
cient and capable representative of
American interests during the fishery
trouble, and his loss to the consular
service would be seriously felt at the
State Department.
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28
His Appetite FuIled Him.

"Madame," said the tramp, SIN hungry
enough to eat a raw dog"
"Well," she responded, kindly, suitlng
the action to the word, "I'll whistle some
up for you"
The tramp left, taking his appetite with
him. New York Sun.
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28

The Alexandria Gazette calls upon
Governor Lee with loud voice to rec
ommend In his message to the special
session Of the Virginia Legislature,
about to convene, the appointment of o
commission to open negotiations with
the creditors Of the State for the settle.
The Washington critic., 1887-02-28

SOME doubts continue to be expressed
at Alexandria as to whether the vessels
of the Arrow Steamship Company will
be built there, but the city Item of
Saturday, though admitting the posi-
bility of change of location for the
new enterprise. is confident that the
company has made It's movement upon
Alexandria In good faith. 1t "lm.
plicitly believes" that the Pocahontas
is TO be built at the Alexandria yards,
and has sufficient evidence to prompt
this belief" but as the company has
asked nothing of the people OF that
town, the people would lose nothing
were some other location finally de.
termined on.